A woman (C hood) is taken out of a building in Boussy-Saint-Antoine south of Paris on September 8, 2016 where female suspects, said to have been planning new acts of violence, were arrested | Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images

Paris attack plot linked to ISIL

The young women behind foiled attack were influenced by terror group, says prosecutor.

Three women arrested in connection with a foiled attack in Paris were directed by Islamic State, French prosecutors said Friday.

“The terrorist organization uses not only women, but young women, who get to … plot from a distance,” Paris prosecutor François Molins said at a press conference.

French police discovered a suspicious car, packed with several cylinders filled with gas, near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday.

A policeman was stabbed during an operation Thursday night in Boussy-Saint-Antoine to arrest the suspects. One of the three women, aged 19, reportedly said in a letter she supported ISIL. The others arrested were aged 39 and 23, according to the BBC.

Bernard Cazeneuve, France’s interior minister, said the women were “radicalized” and believed to have been preparing “new and imminent violent action,” the Guardian reports.

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Tom Cullem

A great moment for Hollande to reiterate his dismissal of issues about French “identity”!

Qu’en pensez-vous, Francois?

Posted on 9/9/16 | 8:11 PM CET

glasspix 1

Paris attack plot linked to … the French political elite’s complete disregard for their citizen’s security and the ongoing lack of migration control.

Posted on 9/9/16 | 8:36 PM CET

YY

Anyway, the religion stands for peace. Really! And if you don’t agree you’re a Xenophobic, Islamophobic, racist.

Posted on 9/10/16 | 10:51 AM CET

Ann

1s|am is peace and 1S1L brings that peace.

Posted on 9/10/16 | 10:56 AM CET

Dorien

Can those, who shouted that there where no terrorists among the ‘refugees’ be prosecuted too please? They’re actually worse because they made this disaster and coming genocide of the European people and culture possible. Filth!